Testing Pigments.... Does it work with keylab mkII?

Software Instruments Pigments
#1

Just installed Pigments trial. I am kinda done with all these synths that give me 10 sounds where 8 sounds are sounddesign for film but don’t hold up when playing a tune.

That said. Pigments is USABLE. So now my question. Will there be an arturia hardware version of this? And will it be controllable by my keylab 88 MKII till that day arrives?

#2

Hi @Muziekschuur,

Arturias software instruments can be controlled by any controller.
They also have a premade MIDI config template for Arturias MKII controllers, if that’s what you mean.

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Nobody but Arturia can know if Pigments will be a hardware synth. Arturia will tell in their newsletter and on their website, when it’s a reality, if it ever will be.

#3

Pigments is extremely versatile and very deep. There are hundreds of patches, available so I am sure you will find something to suit your needs. Failing that, you could always create your own.

Regarding a h/w version; I think that is highly unlikely as it would either require a multitude of controls which would be cost prohibitive or if using minimal controls, would require menu diving which defeats the purpose of a dedicated controller. The Keylab represents a halfway house where some mappings are already setup for Pigments directly or via Analog Labs.

#4

I am taken by it’s usable sounds. Sounds that make chords, have mostly ‘piano like’ usability and can be approached like a instrument.

I would totally buy this too. If it became a hardware synthesizer.
Thank you for the help pairing my MKII with the soft synth. Those things are a miracle for us users.

I was annoyed when I looked at the ASM Leviasynth. Because again so many ‘video esk’ scapes that when you have words, chords and a melody are just a distraction. Keeps me from materializing a song. Instead of being a inspirational instrument.

This Pigments synth on the contrary (To the mentioned Levia synth) gives me melodic sounds.

Thank you Arturia team.

#5

Yup!
Pigments IS an utter monster of a synth alright, and that’s why we love it!
One of its biggest advantages, the fact that it’s been evolving, and appears to KEEP evolving, somewhat relentlessly some would say :astonished:, means that it would have to CONSTANTLY be able to update its physical hardware to keep up with it.
Look at the original release and the hardware specs needed to run it, fast-forward to now and compare them… There’s your answer!
My own PERSONAL opinion is that it would be financial suicide to try and release such a device.
People have tried ‘upgradeable’ synths in the past, but technology moves on and what was state-of-the-art 20 years ago is positively ‘ancient’ these days… Think about how digital storage has changed just in the past 10 years or so… it was only 30 years ago that floppy discs were the ‘storage du jour’… pitiful capacity and incredibly ‘volatile’ by today’s standards…
That’s just off the top of my head too…
I’d LOVE Arturia to prove me wrong though.
:+1::stuck_out_tongue_closed_eyes::+1:

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#6

I hadn’t even factored in the complexities involved in accommodating new features.